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NUM 35 percent pay claim (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with NUM leader Joe Gormley on the 35 percent pay claim put to the National Coal Board by the NUM. Male interviewer not identified (Vivian White?).
TUC congress - Moss Evans interview (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Moss Evans, TGWU, prior to the start of the 1980 TUC Congress in Brighton where he discusses the mood of delegates and the subjects likely to be debated at the conference including rising...
British steel survival plan proposed by Ian MacGregor (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the proposed survival plan for the British steel industry advocated by the new BSC Chairman Ian MacGregor including loss of 20,000 workers. The plans are being put to the workforce by ballot....
Thatcher on British Leyland, economy and Olympics boycott (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the effects of a current British Leyland strike on the future of BL and the prospects for the new Mini Metro car. Also on high unemployment,...
Bidders for Times newspaper (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the bidders for the purchase of The Times newspaper including allegedly Robert Maxwell, James Goldsmith, Tiny Rowlands, and a group set up by Times journalists led by William Rees-Mogg. Includes...
Peace People movement in Northern Ireland (1980)
- Genre
- Feature
Audio montage on the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland four years after the movement was founded by Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams. The speakers include: Betty Williams; and poss. Mairead...
IRA hunger strike ends - repercussions (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the likely repercussions in Northern Ireland of the end of the hunger strike by Republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast. Speaking are: Danny Morrison, Sinn Fein; Humphrey Atkins,...
IRA hunger strike ends - Humphrey Atkins interview (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins following the end of the hunger strike by Republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast. Atkins denies concessions were made by the British...
IRA hunger strike - Danny Morrison on Sean McKenna (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Eamonn Mallie interviews Danny Morrison of Sinn Fein, on the physical condition of hunger striker Sean McKenna and his determination to continue the protest at the Maze Prison in Belfast.
Terrorist prisoner Pauline McLaughlin’s condition (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour peer Lord Gifford (Adam Gifford) on the current medical condition of Pauline McLaughlin, a Republican prisoner in Armagh jail, who is believed to weigh less than five stone due to an...